Basic Operations 25
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Setting the colour system

Normally, you will want to leave the colour system on AUTO. However, if

you notice streaks appearing on the screen during playback, you may

want to set the colour system to the system that the tape was recorded in.

1Press MENU.
The main menu appears.
2Using the + ◊ or – √ buttons, move the cursor (z) to “VCR MODE,” then
press OK.
3Using the + ◊ or – √ buttons, move the cursor (z) to “COL SYS,” then
press OK.
4Press the + ◊ or – √ buttons until the corresponding colour system appears

(PAL or NTSC), then press OK.

5Press MENU to return to the original screen.
Displaying the on-screenindications

Press to display the following on-screen information. To show only the

amount of tape remaining and linear tape counter on the screen, press

again.

To make the indications disappear, press until no indications appear.

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0C
PROGR
PAUSE
PLAY
MENU
SLEEP
OK
ON
TIMER
SHOW VIEW
TIMER
ON SCREEN
TIMER REC
ON/OFF
TIMER REC
CLEAR
REC QUICK
TIMER TAPE
SPEED COUNTER
RESET
REPLAY INDEX SEARCH
REW
STOP
FF
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2:05:10
S
ES
20:00
Amount of tape remaining
End of the tape
Tape operation mode
Linear tape counter
Current date and time
Beginning of the tape
OK
VCR MODE
TRACKI NG CONTROL
Sapelect nd ress
OPC : ON
AUTO REPEAT : OFF
FORMAT : NORMAL
COL SYS : AUTO
OK
VCR MODE
TRACKI NG CONTROL
Sapelect nd ress
OPC : ON
AUTO REPEAT : OFF
FORMAT : NORMAL
COL SYS : PAL
Note
The tape operation mode will be
displayed whenever you change the
mode (even when the is turned
off.)